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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Hackberry Recurve #2
« on: September 25, 2009, 07:36:20 pm »
Just finished this one about 2 weeks ago just in time for hunting season in Montana :). Took it elk hunting but wasn't lucky enough to get anything hopefully I will get a chance at a deer before the season ends. It's made from a hackberry stave given to me by Justin Snyder. It's 63" long and pulls 55# at 28" the overlays are from a whitetail shed found on the farm I hunt every year. I gave up on the hackberry for a while after breaking my first one but I was inspired to try again after seeing the bow that Sulfur posted a while ago. Thanks to Sulfur for his help with dimensions. I changed the profile of this bow a little from the first one I didn't taper the limbs until about 7/8 up and shortened the overall length by 2".  This bow is the best performing bow I have made yet it is fast and holds an inch of reflex when unstrung.

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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2009, 07:37:16 pm »
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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2009, 07:44:17 pm »
dude i love it...how thick were those ends when you recurved em?  use dry heat, wet heat?  show me the form?
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2009, 07:47:09 pm »
Great looking bow partner. Im glad you are making good use of the wood. Justin
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2009, 07:57:28 pm »
Good job,it looks great!! I really like the tips,and you did real good on the tiller.That's a bow to be proud of. ;)Did you heat treat it?      God Bless
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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2009, 08:01:35 pm »
Outstanding!!
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2009, 08:31:29 pm »
Thanks everyone! Radius the tips were about a half inch and I'll post a pic of the form I used also I boiled them. Thanks again Justin. Pete I did heat treat it but i didn't add any reflex when I did it I figured it had enough.
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2009, 08:40:03 pm »
This is the form I used. I clamp it onto the tip, or sometimes the bottom it depends, of the bow and boil or steam it with the bow then tighten it without removing it from the heat adding clamps as I move up the limb.

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Offline Hojo

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2009, 09:30:11 pm »
Nice work.  How wide are the limbs? 
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2009, 10:04:18 pm »
The limbs are two inches down to 3/8 at the nocks.
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Offline bcbull

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2009, 10:24:48 pm »
VEY NICE  AND GREAT TILLER I LOVE THAT HACKBERRY  BROCK
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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2009, 10:40:55 pm »
nice bow and great tiller!!!!! :)  i love the grain in that hackberry!!!   -josh
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Offline sulphur

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2009, 11:21:20 pm »
you did a great job on that stick!!  i like that one a lot better than mine.  did you stain the belly or is the color from tempering??  excellent tiller  btw!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2009, 12:09:06 am »
Beautiful recurve. I need to try hackberry.
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Hackberry Recurve #2
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2009, 12:23:29 am »
Thanks sulfur I still think yours was better  ;D. The color and grain on the belly was from the stain, I did heat treat it but the stain really brought it out.
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